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Carol Grace
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Truman Capote
maintained that he based the character Holly Golightly in
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
on Carol Grace, a friend of his in New York.
Met husband
Walter Matthau
in the 1950s when they appeared on Broadway in "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter".
Her autobiography is called "Among the Porcupines" and she also wrote a well-received novel, "The Secret in the Daisy".
Children by
William Saroyan
: son
Aram Saroyan
(born on 25 September 1943), daughter
Lucy Saroyan
(born on 17 January 1946). Son
Charles Matthau
(born on 10 December 1962) from her marriage to
Walter Matthau
.
Divorced by
William Saroyan
when he learned she was illegitimate and Jewish, but soon tried to get her to take him back. She divorced him within months of their second marriage.
She got rave reviews for her supporting role as
John Cassavetes
' gun moll girlfriend in
Elaine May
's
Mikey and Nicky (1976)
but husband
Walter Matthau
discouraged her from accepting other acting jobs.
Mother, with
Walter Matthau
of son
Charles Matthau
.
Attended high school in the 1940s with
Oona Chaplin
, the daughter of playwright
Eugene O'Neill
, who would later became the fourth wife of
Charles Chaplin
.
Stepmother of
David Matthau
and Jenny Matthau.
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